Jean-Baptiste GIROUX

Born

24 June 1738 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Died

9 November 1796 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*

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Jacques-Jean-Baptiste GIROUX Anne TOUPIN

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Born: 24 June 1738 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques-Jean-Baptiste GIROUX

Mother: Anne TOUPIN

Paternal grandparents: Charles GIROUX , Marguerite BRUNEAU

Maternal grandparents: Antoine TOUPIN , Louise CLOUTIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie LEFRANCOIS 20 January 1770 in L'Ange-Gardien, Côte-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada . Marie LEFRANCOIS was born abt. 1742 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 18 July 1805 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Marie was the child of Charles LEFRANCOIS and Veronique CANTIN (QUENTIN).

Jean-Baptiste GIROUX died 9 November 1796 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Jean-Baptiste GIROUX married

Marie LEFRANCOIS
Marriage date: 20 January 1770
Marriage place: L'Ange-Gardien, Côte-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada
Marie LEFRANCOIS was the child of Charles LEFRANCOIS and Veronique CANTIN (QUENTIN)

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Birth — 1738
24 June 1738
Château-Richer, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GIROUX and Marie LEFRANCOIS 20 January 1770, L'Ange-Gardien, Côte-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.